SPD Link-Up: MOH/BM Gift

Hello friend's it's almost Friday!!!

WOOOOHOO!

Normally Thursdays are ehhhhh,
they are near the end of the week,
but JUST not that extra special FRIDAY right?!!?

However, I'm puuuuuuuurdy excited for today's post,
because it
1] Involves my wedding EEEEEH
2] Is one of the first CRAFTY crafts I've done in awhile
3] Had pink in it ;)!

Yes, I'm a nerd, but you still love me right?!?!

Alright, let's get this SPD started.

Even before I became engaged I pinned different fun ideas
for asking bridesmaids and maids of honor.

I KNEW I wanted to something fun,
when the moment arrived,
but nothing too crazy because,
at heart I'm a simple girl :)!

I originally was going to do wine labels,
but then I came across THIS PIN:

[source]

Can you say PERFECT!!?!?!?!?!?

 I mean, besides the fact it's BLUE and NOT pink,

but you know I figured how to pinkify my gift.

I was a little nervous about actually PAINTING

the champagne flutes, but the directions

on Something Turquoise were pretty easy.

I'm just going to give a high level form of directions,

because I don't want to copy and paste her instructions,

so head over to her inter-webs for the play by play.

What you will need:

Champagne glasses - I bought mine at World Market for $2.99

Glitter Glass Paint - Martha Stewart at Michael's

Brush/Sponge - Martha Stewart at Michael's

Stickers - NOTE make sure they are big enough stickers

Painting Tape - Martha Stewart at Michael's

I chose to put each girl's initial on my glass,

so I blocked off the square using tape.

I just eyeballed the shape because measuring

was NOT working for me.

But, I think they all looked awesome when done.

I did 3 different coats of paint,

with an hour or so in between each coat.

I let the third coat sit for about 30 minutes

 then started to peel the tape 

and stickers away. 

The tape was pretty easy to take off, I just went quickly so 

the edges came off smoothly.

There were some issues with the stickers though. 

I'm not sure WHAT stickers I should have bought,

but the ones I did were hard to remove from the glass,

and did not come off with clean lines. 

I had to clean up the T with an exacto knife

and just deal with the S's not being 

the cleanest of letters.

Initially I was uber bummed out and even 

text CLO my frustration. 

[Thanks for talking me off the cliff ;)]

But, after a few deep breaths and the 'letting go' 

of perfection I realized they looked pretty decent.

I finished the glasses two weeks ago,

and then was just waiting on the tank tops

I ordered from Etsy to arrive. 

Once they were in my possession I got to work

wrapping and decorating my boxes.

I based the boxes off of the 

Something Turquoise pin,

but added my own flair. 

What you'll need:

Lots of pretty pink ribbon

Extra embellishments

Pink tulle

Sharpies

Pink tissue paper

Scissors

Tape

All of your GOODIES [not those goodies, hah]!

I'm normally not an embellish wrapping kind of lady,

it takes too much time

and no one appreciates it anyway.

But, I really wanted to go all out on these gifts.

I taped down my big sparkly ribbon on the 

inside of the box and then taped the tulle over it.

I wanted the girls to see pretty wrapping

before they dug into the gifts.

My box included:

Mini Champagne [or Malibu for one girl]

Hand decorated champagne flute

Tank top saying Maid of Honor or Bridesmaid

Pink light up ring

Once the fun gifts were wrapped on the inside,

I got to work beautifying the outside.

I had already written 

"Will You Be My..." on the front

so all I had to do was add 

pretty ribbons and sparkles.

Our colors are pink and green, so 

I brought a lil bit of the green as an accent

and thought the bows turned out wonderfully.

Sooooooooo TADA!

My sisters [my M{s}OH] love everything

and I'll be 'asking' my two besties growing up

to be my two bridesmaids.

I'm happy I was able to craft something

sweet and simple for the 

special ladies in my life :)!

If you're in the market for fun ideas

head over to Something Turquoise, 

she has some other great ideas. 

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This isn't the SPRINGIEST of crafts,
but still thought I would link up.

Have a great day friends!